Case 795 (The Family) chords and lyrics - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP

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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G]
[C][G][C]
[G][F][Em][F]
[G][F][G][F]
[G][Em][G][F][G]

[Verse 1]
Tony Jones [Em]stabbed Alice [G]Jones
[C]On their first [Em]anniversary
[C]Dow[D]n in Dallas, Texas
[C]In [G]a small apartment
With nobody [Em]present[G]
[C]He pulled out a knife
[G]And [D]he stuck it to her
[G]He left her bleeding
On the floor [Em]in the kitchen
With [C]cake on her fingers
And her [D]wedding ring holding
[C]In her han[G]d was a note
That said [Em]the wicked must suffer
[G]And he dro[C]ve off quickly
To [D]his girlfriend's apartment
[C]But who really suffers in the end?
[D]It's eas[C]y enough for us [D]to pretend that

[Verse 2]
[G][Chorus:]
Everything's [D]all right with the fam[C]ily
[G]Everything is [D]safe here at [C]home
[G]Everything's all[D] right
with [C]the family
[Am]The beds are made but there's no [Dsus4]sheet
[D]s on[G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]From the courtroom stand
Tony [Em]said he was sorry
That he [G]was [C]sad and mixed up
And he [D]didn't know what he was doing
[G]That he'd always loved Alice
And he begged for [Em]for giveness
So he [C]threw himself
[D]On the mercy of the jury
And [G]he told how his father
Had beat and abused him
Back [C]in grade school
In the [D]basement den
And that [G]maybe prison
Was the be[Em]st thing for him
[C]And he said, "Oh God,
can you for[D]give me?" [C]yeah
But who really suffers in the [D]en d?
It's [C]easy enough for [D]us all to pretend that

[Interlude 2]
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[G][D][C][Am][D]
[G][Gsus4][G]
[C][G][Gsus4]
[G][C][G][F]
[Em][G][F][G][F]
[Em][C][Em][G][F][G][Em]
[G][C][D][C]

[Verse 4]
[G][Chorus:]
How many days does it
[Em]take to make us weak?
[C]And how many hours do
[D]people spend [C]lonely?
[G]In the heart of the heart the
[Em]family lay [C]dying
The ruin of a nation [D]lies at our feet,
[G]yeah

[Interlude 3]
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[G][D]

[Verse 5]
[Chorus: Re[C]peat 2X]

[Outro 1]
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